‘Kiki’ is a Strong Community Portrait That Does Good by the Legacy of ‘Paris Is Burning’

Kiki is in a weird spot. As a documentary about the Kiki scene, a youthful section of New York City’s drag ball culture, it will almost certainly be compared to Paris Is Burning in every single review. This is, in many ways, unfair. Jennie Livingston’s classic of New Queer Cinema has become a cultural phenomenon, much more than a documentary for many of…